i wrote the first article about that 15 years ago for washington's monthly magazine. the issue of too big to fail. if anybody in this chamber wund fers we ought to do something about too big to fail, go to any cafe in this country and ask folks if they think this capitalistic system works well when you say to almost everybody else, you risk your savings to start a business, if you don't make it, tough luck, you're on your own. with by the way, we have big financial interests that make the biggest profits and we decided they can't fail. we have a special class for them. we'll open loan windows at the fed. we'll provide $11 trillion lent, spent or made available to them if they need it. we'll do anything to prevent this from failing because they're too big to fail. that's no-fault capitalism. that's not what i believe to be the american way and that's something this president wants to change and it's something that i support very strongly. mr. president, i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from kansas is recognized. mr. brownb